Special request by the Sri Lankan Government to Sri Lankan expatriates who wish to return to their Motherland to safely remain where they are now until the risk of COVID-19 virus is minimized

‘Contact Sri Lanka’ Online Portal for Sri Lankans Overseas

A new portal “Contact Sri Lanka” was launched by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka for Sri Lankan nationals abroad to register and submit their requests for any assistance needed due to the coronavirus outbreak all over the world.
Please share the link (https://www.contactsrilanka.mfa.gov.lk/) among your local Sri Lankan community whatever country you live in!
The above website will become a platform for all Sri Lankans to obtain a wide range of services offered by the Sri Lankan Government.
Official media release by the Ministry of Foreign Relations on the opening of the Contact Sri Lanka Portal: https://www.mfa.gov.lk/foreign-ministry-launches-contact-sri-lanka/ 

Press release by the Sri Lankan tourism authorities: arrangements for the return of foreign tourists to their home countries

NOTICE ON THE EMBASSY BEING CLOSED NEXT WEEK

Address to the Nation by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Coronavirus Pandemic

On March 25, 2020 President of the Russian Federation H. E. Vladimir Putin addressed the nation on the coronavirus pandemic.

The full transcript of his address is available here: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63061.  

President Putin signed Executive Order On Declaring Non-Work Days in the Russian Federation amid COVID-19 outbreak

To ensure sanitary and epidemiological safety of the population in the Russian Federation and in accordance with Article 80 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the President declared March 30 to April 3, 2020 non-work days with full pay.

The Executive Order also lists organisations whose employees are not covered by it.

According to the Executive Order, federal and regional government bodies, local self-government bodies and organisations engaged in mass media production and distribution must determine the number of employees required to ensure the functioning of these bodies and organisations from March 30 to April 3, 2020.

Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63065